Dylan Bettencourt
Ukwenyuka kokutheleleka nge-Covid-19 eNingizimu Afrika yonke sekuphakamise ukukhathazeka kokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi sekufike isivunguvungu sesihlanu.
Izinga lokuhlolwa kwabantu ezweni likhuphuke laya phezulu ezinyangeni ezintathu kuleli sonto, njengoba ukutheleleka kwedlule isibalo sansuku zonke esingu-4,000.
NgoMgqibelo i-National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) ibike ukutheleleka okusha kwe-Covid-19 okungu-4,230, nokumele u-16.8%.
Igagasi lesihlanu eliqhamukayo liza ngesikhathi obekulindeleke ngaso. Bobabili uhulumeni kanye nezinkampani ezizimele babikezela ukwanda kwezifo okuzofika ekupheleni kukaMbasa.
Ekupheleni kukaNdasa, uMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa uthe isizwe kumele siqaphele igciwane njengoba elindele ukuthi igagasi lesihlanu lifike emasontweni ambalwa.
“Yize ukutheleleka nokushona kwabantu kusephansi, kungenzeka sibhekane negagasi lesihlanu emasontweni azayo. Ukuphela kokuzivikela esinakho wubufakazi besayensi obukhombisa amandla emithi yokugoma ukusindisa izimpilo zabantu,” kusho uRamaphosa.
“Izwe lethu selikhiphe imithamo engaphezu kuka-33 million yemithi yokugomela i-Covid-19.”
USolwazi uSalim Abdool Karim, udokotela ohlonishwayo wezifo ezithathelanayo emtholampilo, uthe igagasi lesihlanu lizofana nalawa amane adlule.
“Kube negebe lezinyanga ezintathu phakathi kwegagasi ngalinye le-Covid-19. Ngokusekelwe yilokho, uma lowo mkhuba uqhubeka, kungenzeka ukuthi igagasi elilandelayo lifike ngoNhlaba. Kungenzeka ukuthi kube khona uhlobo olusha oluyiqhubayo,” etshela abazindaba ze-Health-e.
Igagasi lesine lokutheleleka eNingizimu Afrika lafika ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule, kanti nakuba kwakukhona izinkulungwane zabantu abatheleleka ngesifo, izinga lokushona kwabantu alihlezi liphansi. Lokhu kuvumele isizwe ukuthi sihlale kwizinga lokuqala lomvalelo ngesikhathi samaholidi.
Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika bazobe benethemba lokuthi iphethini efanayo izokwenzeka ngegagasi lesihlanu. Izinguquko zakamuva zomvalelo zenze ukuthi kuqedwe iSimo seNhlekelele sikaZwelonke esiphinde sabuyiswa ngemuva kwezikhukhula ezenzeke KwaZulu-Natal.
Ukutheleleka nge-Covid-19 kanye nezinga lokushona kwabantu kuzoba nomthelela ekutheni uRamaphosa abuyisele imikhawulo ye-Covid-19 ukuze kwehle ukubhebhetheka kwaleli gciwane.
Amazinga okugoma eNingizimu Afrika angaphansi kwalokho obekulindelekile, kanti u-30.8% kuphela wabantu ogonywe ngokugcwele. Ngakho igagasi lesihlanu lingaba nzima kakhulu.
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